2 Strokes Down Under

Just want to say, "Two Stroke" and "Tragic" don't belong in the same sentence. Hahaha, words to live by! :lol: :mrgreen: Well everyting cleaned up nicely, reassembled the carb yesterday: http://i.imgur.com/wnghB6B.jpg?1 At first I was a bit worried that I wouldn't know how to pu...

Todays update, no more varnish in the carbs. But you've gotta be careful what containers you use your acetone in. I thought this one might be a bit iffy after I poured the acetone in and the plastic went white. http://i.imgur.com/VfSZUbD.jpg In hindsight I should have taken the parts out and saved a...

To warm the carb - Hah! Well there ya go! Good to know. I've disassembled everything as much as I can but I think there's still part below the main jet - the needle jet still has to come out? The manual just says "remove valve seat, main jet, jet needle holder" and then further down it jus...

A funny carb... you're not kidding! A couple of mates came over today and we had a bit of a play around getting the airbox & carb out and trying to strip & clean the carb. One of them started taking off all the hoses attached to the carb and then coolant started leaking out! Were like "...

Haha, should have expected you to ask hybrid ! :lol: But I don't think my mate will be too keen to part with his, and I'm quite liking the idea of having a bike sitting in the garage that is ready to hit the dirt. Ordered tank sealer, didn't realise that one kit should actually be able to do both ta...

Sounds like a plan... was hoping to luck out and avoid a carb teardown but yeah, probably fat chance I can get away without it.

Cheers!

Hi folks, Well it seems like I may be a 2 stroke tragic... Haven't even got the KTM 380 back together yet and already another project on the go. Although hopefully this is nothing as involved as the 380... I'm not worried at all about making it look pretty, just going to get it running & ride it...

Cheers Jeram, got it! Haven't got back to checking the base gasket measurements again... but had a friend over just taking a quick look at the bikes & projects on the go. I showed them the KTM, new piston and they mentioned "is the top of the piston not sitting flush on both sides of cylind...

No, not torqued down. I only used two of the cylinder base nuts as well (that was something else I read from another forum and that person also said not to install the piston rings, seemed to make sense to make it easier & quicker to change base gaskets). What do you reckon? Is it preferable to ...

Haha, ok then! Next question - "X" dimension, how important is this really? The manual says 0.00mm (+0.1mm). I'm using a Moose gasket kit which looks like it has a 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8mm base gaskets. I went straight for the middle option and using a ruler and set of feeler gauges I would say ...

Okay, new piston installed. Solution was to stop being a pussy with it, put some muscle into it and put some scratches on it! :P (Just some small marks in that recessed area from the spring clips.) Just took off the stator cover so I can finish up and check the X dimension and it's a bit dirty! http...

Cheers, I'll have a crack next chance I get... I do have a pair of circlip pliers (both internal and external, even!) but this clip is more just like a piece of thick wire bent into a circular shape, no holes at the ends. The old ones were the same. Maybe that means that it isn't actually a circlip,...

I have everything out on the bench ready to reassemble... currently stuck on trying to install the new circlip into the new piston. Doing the first one while it's out on the workbench but it seems like a real bugger. Is there a special technique that I'm not aware of, or are they all just a PITA? I ...

Okay, ordered a .95 piston and it finally arrived a couple of days ago. I was looking at the piston and... https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/15121386576_f9067e84af_b.jpg Slight damage on the new piston... by mugget , on Flickr Guessing that I should just file the rough edges down, hoping that it's...

Genius! :Clap: Will flip 'em. I thought I would take the cylinder to a shop & have it measured just to be sure & try to do things the "right way", but the guy there took a bit of a look at it and said that with the wear on the bore I should just go with the largest/D size piston as...